talk idly
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Imagining herself in Chelsea's predicament, Monica used to talk idly, Ginsburg says, about "poor Chelsea" having to live in a college dorm with Secret Service agents nearby.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prate, prāt, v.i. to talk idly: to tattle: to be loquacious.—v.t. to speak without meaning or purpose: to let out, as a secret.—n. trifling talk.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
She recognized the serious aims of a great artist; she listened with deep attention and respect; she could talk idly elsewhere and at other times.
From Sunrise by William Black
This they may say who wish to talk idly, and who would display their humanity at the expense of their honesty or their understanding.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
I had to bear up a little while, for they were in my house, and I must bid them good-night, and talk idly, so that they should not suspect the wound I had.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various
